Heidi Williams
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Heidi Williams | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1981 United States |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
| Known for | Economics of Innovation |
| Awards | Macarthur Fellow |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economist |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Heidi Williams is the Class of 1957 Career Development Assistant Professor in Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology<ref."Heidi Williams MIT Web Page".</ref> and a member of the NBER. She is 34 years old and a graduate of Dartmouth College and for her PhD in Economics, Harvard University.
In 2015, Williams was made a Macarthur Fellow, a grant given yearly to 25 people around the world to continue work in their fields.[1] Her citation[2] for that award noted:
"Heidi Williams is an economist unraveling the causes and consequences of innovation in health care markets. Williams combines finely grained empirical observations and custom-designed data collection methods to build entirely new datasets about technological changes in health care. In addition, her creative methods for determining causal inference, and keen understanding of regulatory law, biological science, and medical research, have allowed her to trace the interplay among institutions, market behavior, and public policy–relevant outcomes."
Publications
- Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation: Evidence from the Human Genome 2013, Journal of Political Economy 121(1): 1-27
- Estimating Marginal Returns to Medical Care: Evidence from At-Risk Newborns With Douglas Almond, Joseph Doyle, and Amanda Kowalski 2010, Quarterly Journal of Economics 125(2): 591-634
- Do Firms Underinvest in Long-Term Research? Evidence from Cancer Clinical Trials With Eric Budish and Benjamin Roin 2015, American Economic Review 105(7): 2044-2085